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Kenyan Pilau

Name: Kenyan Pilau
Total time: 55 min
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 400 g Rice; 2 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 stick Cinnamon; 4 Clove; 4 pods Cardamom; 500 g Braising beef; 700 ml Stock; 3 tbsp Olive oil

Preparation time: 55 min
Servings: serves 4

Ingredients

serves 4

Rice — to buy400 g
Onion — to buy2
Garlic — to buy3 cloves
Ginger — to buy1 piece
Cinnamon — to buy1 stick
Clove — to buy4
Cardamom — to buy4 pods
Braising beef — to buy500 g
Stock — to buy700 ml
Olive oil — to buy3 tbsp

Preparation

Heat the oil in a pot and sauté the sliced onion for 10 minutes until deeply golden and slightly caramelized: that caramelization is what gives pilau its brown color.
Add the garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
Add the meat and brown it on all sides for 5-8 minutes.
Add the rinsed rice and stir to coat it in the spices.
Pour in hot stock to cover, season with salt, cover and cook over low heat for 18-20 minutes without lifting the lid.
Let it rest for 5 minutes off the heat then fluff with a fork before serving with kachumbari.